NextUC is a set of tools for better collaboration, improving productivity, and streamlining efficiency. These products make it possible to work from anywhere and stay connected to everyone involved in a project with a just standard Internet connection. The NextUC set of products were designed to eliminate the need for on-site hardware and software and provide the voice, video, web conferencing and messaging tools on an enterprise scale but a small to medium business budget.

The NextUC Product Guide can provide more details, but, in general, the set of products includes:

Telephony – Using Microsoft Lync, users receive a multi-tenant IP PBX solution to manage their voice communications. Now you can be reachable with a single number and voice mail, and you can use click-to-call to immediately get in touch with someone on your contacts list.

Conferencing – With so many companies employing people off-site, it’s more important than ever to have reliable conferencing options. NextUC uses Microsoft Lync to allow collaboration, desktop sharing, and white boarding, and you can have unlimited minutes for audio or Web conferencing.

Rich Presence – Do you know who is available for a specific task? Do you know if they have the skills to perform the necessary work? By using these rich presence features you can find the people you need, use the most effective means of communication, and get the right people on the right jobs.

Unified Messaging – There is always more than one way to communicate with someone, and having these options available in one place will make it much easier to contact different people. There are also options to get voicemails as emails, and to create voice-to-text transcripts of your messages.

Online Meetings - With NextUC you can easily join web meetings, share desktops and white-board so that collaboration becomes easier and decisions are made faster. Join online meetings with one click of a mouse directly from your Lync client. No need to have other web conferencing providers.

Mobile Integration – Staying connected wherever you go is easy when you use these products on your mobile devices. iOS, Windows, Blackberry, and Android smartphones can all be integrated with the system so you never have to miss another important message.

A hosted Microsoft Lync solution offers a wide range of solutions for the modern business, and it is possible to get enterprise-class communications as a small or medium business.

The Plans

These products are available on a subscription-based, month-to-month service, which means that companies can tailor their solution to meet their needs. The NEXUC Messenger subscription, for example, is the most affordable and includes instant messaging, presence awareness, PC-to-PC voice and video chat, and Outlook integration.

If you are looking for something a little more robust, you can move up to the Connect or Collaboration plans, which include all of the above but also unlimited calling, voicemail, and video conferencing. The complete package, NextUC Enterprise, will provide all of the features, including unified messaging and mobile integration. Take a look at the product documentation to learn more about these communications tools. Right now we are offering a limited time Free Trial and customers can sign up here.

Written by Bob Barnes

Getting to Know the NextUC Products

NextUC will soon start supporting Mobile client for it’s Cloud version of Microsoft Lync. What is all the hype about?

The mobile client for Lync 2010 takes the power of unified communications mobile – including rich presence, instant messaging, audio, video and web conferencing and calling features from a single, user-friendly interface. Check out how it will look:

What this nice interface means is that you will be able to do the following on the GO:

• Join conference calls with a single touch – without access code or pin number required.
• Stay connected from wherever you are – see who’s available at a glance and connect via chat, phone or conference call.
• Make calls with a consistent identity – make outbound calls using your business phone number keeping your identity consistent.

Do you want more info? Sign up for a free demo!

Written by Bob Barnes

New Mobile Clients for Cloud Lync

NextUC announces impending support for Microsoft’s Mobile Lync client for our cloud Microsoft Lync product.  The evolution continues to quicken as we add support for mobile users on Microsoft native products for iOS, Windows Phone, Symbian and Android.  NextUC is built on Microsoft’s Lync Enterprise server and NextUC will need to go through a product update to support the newly released clients.  The support for the mobile client will be 100% self provisionable as is every facet of our current product.  This is just another example of how an IT department can look like stars by leveraging NextUC to be up and running on a full telephony enabled Cloud Lync product in minutes… including functioning telephone numbers and unified messaging.  The exact release date for the Microsoft Mobile Lync client for NextUC has not been announced, but we will get the word out as soon as it is.

Written by Bob Barnes

Mobile Clients for NextUC Cloud Lync Product

NextUC is currently working on releasing an Automated Attendant service as part of its cloud-based Microsoft Lync Free Beta Trial Offering.  The auto-attendat will offer a menu system ("for sales, press 1, for service, press 2, etc.) and it will allow callers to be automatically transferred to an extension without the intervention of an operator.  The auto attendant will also allow a caller to reach a live operator by dialing a number, such as "0". 

Adding an Auto-Attendant to the NextUC suite of unified communications features represents a significant advancement to the NextUC product, allowing companies to run their entire operations through Lync. Users can now make free phone calls, chat and use Presence information, conduct audio, video and web conference calls, share desktops and white-board all for free with unlimited minutes. 

Next UC will be one of the first companies to offer Auto-Attendant in a hosted Lync environment. Currently, only on premise versions of Microsoft Lync allow companies to set up auto-attendants. Taking Auto-attendant to the cloud is the next big step for hosted UC and it provides SMBs access to typically enterprise-only features without the cost and headaches of managing it internally through a PBX.

NextUC will soon be offering other product advancements, such as a higher integration with Office365, federation with other chat platforms, such as Google chat, Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger and others. Stay tuned for more news.

Written by Bob Barnes

NextUC to release a Lync Auto-Attendant